Text and data mining
If you already have legal access to a piece of research (e.g. access to a journal article via a YSJ ILS subscription), you now have the right to use the data within for your own, non-commercial research (e.g. for computational analysis), without seeking permission from the rights holder. This is only if you have legal access to the published research and if it is for non-commercial purposes, but it is a good step forward in data sharing.Extension of works allowed to be copied
There have previously been restrictions on the types of work that one is allowed to copy for research. These have been extended, so you can now copy, for example, limited passages from sound recordings or films, for non-commercial research purposes. As long as this is considered a fair amount to use and the original source is accredited, this means you are able to use a much wider range of resources in your studies.We will be updating our copyright guidance on the ILS website very soon, to reflect these exceptions. We have a new librarian starting at YSJ this month and part of her remit is to focus on copyright issues, so we are sure she will have lots of ideas for dialogue with the research community here on these topics. In the meantime, here is the official guide for researchers from the Intellectual Property Office. We also recommend the resources specifically about these new exceptions on the Jisc Legal website and the advice from the London School of Economics.
Please remember that ILS can help with copyright and intellectual property advice, but we are not legal experts! We very much recommend checking out the official guidance from the Intellectual Property Office listed above and getting individual advice if this doesn't answer your specific questions.
Copyright Symbol by David Wees. Used under CC BY 2.0. Available from https://flic.kr/p/bD6e8F
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